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Congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is using AI to speak to voters
With less than 30 days to the election and a laryngitis diagnosis, Congressional District 16 candidate Sam Liccardo is turning to artificial intelligence voice technology as he has no voice.During a meet and greet in Palo Alto Monday afternoon, Liccardo used Speechify, an app that reads aloud text.He submitted a 20-second sample of a previous speech so the voice would sound like him.ABC7 played a clip of Liccardo's real voice and the synthetic one."In elections, victory goes to the nimble. We're hustling to do all that we can to continue to communicate with residents," Liccardo said via AI.VIDEO: Generative AI...
Excitement around AI tools that are high value, low risk
Stanford Health Care uses AI-generated replies to in-basket messages and has an ambient AI scribe to reduce clinician burden, but does not use AI for clinical decision support, says medical informatics director Dr. Shreya Shah.
Investigation finds widespread discrimination against Calif. Section 8 tenants
California tenants who held Section 8 housing vouchers were refused rental contracts by more than 200 landlords, including major real estate firms, according to an undercover investigation that found widespread discrimination in the state. The investigative nonprofit Housing Rights Initiative announced Tuesday that it has filed complaints with the California Civil Rights Department, alleging landlords violated a state law against denying leases to renters who pay with vouchers. It seeks penalties against 203 companies and individuals. The nonprofit is also pushing for more state funding to adequately enforce the law, which Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed in 2019. "This historic...
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